Cabinet for holding stationery.



R. M. HENDERSON. CABINET FOR HOLDING STATONERY. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1914.

1,143,391 Patented June I5, 1915.

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vnani-'H ivr. HENDERSON, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

CABIET FOR HOLDING S'IAIIOBTEBY.`

T all whom 'it may concern: Be itV known that I, RALPH M. HENDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in .the county of Lucas,v State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for Holding Stationery; and` I do hereby declare the fol- Y lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to cabi- .p nets for-holding stationery, and has for its object to so construct a `device of this character that one sheet of paper or an envelop may be fed therefrom at a time.

A further object of the invention is to provide a` cabinet of this Atype having combined therewith,Y a a, frame for displaying cards with advertising matter printed thereon.

A still further objectgof the invention is to provide a device of this character particularly adapted for Ause upon writing tables `in hotels'.l i n With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a section on line 8 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. l is a similar view on line M of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view on line 5 5 of Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the actuating shafts.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates a base, the samebeing provided with feet 2, and a supplemental base 3 designed for holding an ink well 4. Supported upon the base is a casing 5, said casing being divided into compartments 6 and 7 by a vertical partition 8. The compartment 6 is of greater dimensions than the compartment 7 and is designed for holding sheets of writing paper, while the c0mpartment 7 receives envelops, which are placed therein end-wise.

Rotatably supported by the end walls 9, and partition 8 is a shaft 10, one end of which projects beyond one of the end walls and is provided with a handle 11 which when grasped serves to rotate said shaft. The shaft extends longitudinally of the casspecification of Letters Patent. Patented June 15, 1915. Appn'atioa mea april 22, 1914. serial No. 833,698.

ing and has that portion which is located 1n the compartment 6 provided with a plurality of spaced disks 12, which are preferably formed from metal and each having a Y groove formed in its periphery in which is Y mounted a rubber band 12 containing grit so as to more eectually force the paper upward, a sheet at a time so that one edge of a sheet will project through the longitudinal slot 13 formed in the removable top 14. Y

The shaft for forcing paper out of the cabinet is provided with three disks while the shaft for forcing the envelopsout is provided with two disks."` disks may be rotated to force the paper `out and may then be disengaged fromthe paper, I have provided the following construction: The shaft l0 is rotatably and slidably supported in an elongated horizontal slot 16 in each side wall of the casing 5. The shaft is yieldingly held in the forward portion of this slot and the disks out of contact with the paper by the spring lwhich is secured to each side wall. FiXedly mounted on the shaft l0 at each end thereof is a wheel l5 substantially circular, but having a notch 16 therein and a cam surface 17 leading therefrom. Riveted to each side of the casing is a stud 17 which normally is in engagement with the circular portion of the wheel when the disks are in engagement with the paper, but which is adapted to engage in the notch 16. Assuming that the disks 12 are in contact with the paper and the device is ready to be operated, the shaft is rotated counter-clockwise by turning the handle 11. The circular portion of the wheel 15 is held into engagement with the stud 17 by the spring 17 and rides thereon. As the shaft 10 is rotated the notch 16 approaches the stud and the stud drops into said notch, this allows the spring I7 to act to throw the shaft l0 to the forward part of the slot and the disks out of engagement with the paper so that the same can be withdrawn from the cabinet. To repeat the operation it is only necessary to continue the counter-clockwise movement of the shaft 10 partment 7 for ejecting envelops therefrom In" order that the a -in proper position to their respective slot.

Mounted in each of the compartments 6V and 7 i and to the rear of the disks 12 is a plate 20 which has in its upper end spaced slots V.21 through Which the disks 12 project and into contact Withl the paperor envelops as the Vcase-may be. Secured to the front Wall 17 of the casing is a frame-23, said frame being provided with avpluralitv'of supplemental racks 24 for interchangeably receiving advertising cards 25. To protect the advertising cards a glass pane 26 is provided and covers the racks 24E. The compartments 6 and 7 have removably mounted therein blocks 27 and 28, respectively which may be interchanged so as to properly position envelops or sheets of paper of different sizes in the compartments.

What isl claimed is l. A stationery dispensing cabinet comprising a rectangular casing, 'adividing Wall in said casing, a `vertically extending Wall on each side of said dividing Wall and havplurality'of 'slots therein, means Vfor maintaining sheets of paper in contact With vsaid vertical Wall, a'shaft rotatably mounted to one'side of said vertical Wall, a plurality of resilient-Wheels on said shaft, means to rotate the said Wheels and simultaneously project 'the' same through the-aforemeny.tioned s lotstoengage the adjacent sheet of paper, and meansvto automatically retract said Wheels. v

2.1111 a stationery dispensing cabinet, a

pluralityv otcompartments, a vertical Wall =in each of said compartments, said Wall having a plurality. of spaced slots therein, the y said compartments being adapted to contain paper, means to-cause the paperto engage the said vertical Walls,ashaft located in each .of said 4compartments and having a plurality of Wheels thereon adaptedV to` project through the said slots to engage the adjacent sheet of paper, a cam at each end of each of said slots, pins adapted to coperate with said cam to cause the same to move into said slotsupon the rotation of the shaft, andresilient means for retracting the said Wheels.

In testimony whereof, I aiiiX my 'signature, in the presence'of two Witnesses.

` RALPH` M. HENDERSON. Vi-tnesses FOSTER L. TAY-Lon, HARRYW. BENSMAN.

(lopiel` of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatentl- Washington, D. C.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,146,391, granted July 13, 1915, upon the application of Jonas W. Aylsworth, of East Orange, New Jersey, for an improvement in lMethods of Forming Molded Articles, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, line 33, for the word resin" read resin; page 4, line 30, after the Word i pressing insert the article a;

page 5, line 27, strike out the word Which, second occurrence and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

signed and sealed this 28th day of september, A. D., 1915.

Acting Commissioner 0j' Patents. 

